V0.8 speculation

[Richard Eriksson]

Showing such a screenshot of such an iconic car to all race enthusiasts, then refusing to tell us more... Chinese water torture would be nothing compared to this evil...

 

[Kenny Paton]

Good news on the AI front, the clouds really didn't bother me.

 

[DennS]

looks really good...

from AC Facebook

 

[mclarenf1papa]

I've stopped even reading the comments on Facebook and rarely go the official forums anymore. Disagreement is good but they have just taken whining and being rude to that inevitable internet level lol. I'll stay here at home!

Yeah, all of those people who whine on FB should be burned at the stake.

 

[Dinca Andrei]

OT:
Our beloved Vlad Dracul ( Hollywood turned him into Dracula ) punished his enemy by putting them in long spikes) Horrible death...

 

[Ignazio Pinella]

Please, Kunos' staff, pretty please, rubber on track! And flat spot! Please!

Also, I would like to know if the tires change are reflected visually. I mean, if I put semislick I would like to see SL graphically, by now, if I'm not wrong, there's no change. Tested on F40 S3 changing from Semislick to Slick. This would be good.

Another good thing would be a visual degradation of tires, with visual flat spots, like rF2 does (and pretty good I must say! )

Anyway, I will really like to smash my shifter, dogleg already selected, heel & toe all over Monza, Nurburgring and -maybe?!- Silverstone Historic!

P.S. I expect quite a lot Optimistic ratings

 

[Simon Kaminski]

At least they could tell us exactly how far MP is and what's missing and so on

 

[Bart Manski]

looks really good...

from AC Facebook

Doesn't look that good to be honest. Bigger clouds are too transparent and look flat, and sky has that unrealistic purple-ish hue. There you go.

 

[Paul Lock]

Let's not be getting too hotted up about decent members conveying a fairly reasonable opinion about multiplayer.

I totally get software development, i do the same job so i am a forgiving soul.
Despite the fact i would happily hack off a teste with a rusty spoon to get it on friday, i realise it will come along when Kunos is ready and confident to release it.

However, given the date mentioned has passed, we know the Kunos guys are testing it in-house, and the fact they seem like awesome guys - sim racers who understand how sim racers feel, i really think a tiny bit of communication and revised 'expectation management' wouldn't hurt right about now.
Would literally take 60 seconds to make a forum or FB post and save a lot of tension on these boards!

Admittedly the lighting and sky look amazeballs, but i have not played and thought, damn i wish the clouds were betterer. I have played and thought, damn i wish we were testing multiplayer!

True story

 

[Leemstradamus]

@Paul Lock a rusty spoon! That's hardcore dedication!

 

[Requiem84]

2 choices:

A) get bad MP now, with warping, bad collisions, bugs with going to the grid etc. Out of the, roughly 25.000 people who bought AC, 15.000 will crucify AC like AC is the devil herself.

B) get MP when Kunos believes it is good enough. 1.000 will moan about the MP not being there yet. But when it's there, it will be good enough to have some proper fun without dealbrakers.

What would you choose?

Seriously, do some of you think that Kunos has perfect MP on the shelf and is just waiting with the release to annoy all of it's customers...?

 

[Leemstradamus]

I vote option C) no multiplayer coming ever, no way no how lol!

 

[Paul Lock]

@Paul Lock a rusty spoon! That's hardcore dedication!

It will blow your mind when i tell you that i lost my first teste doing exactly the same thing to score to score a 3's up with Caroline Flack and Fearne Cotton

 

[Marcelo Morpheus]

Unfortunately, I think we will not have MP.

I change all these cars presented in recent constructions for MP, but it is still unknown ...

 

[Raig Strehlow]

2 choices:

A) get bad MP now, with warping, bad collisions, bugs with going to the grid etc. Out of the, roughly 25.000 people who bought AC, 15.000 will crucify AC like AC is the devil herself.

B) get MP when Kunos believes it is good enough. 1.000 will moan about the MP not being there yet. But when it's there, it will be good enough to have some proper fun without dealbrakers.
What would you choose?

Good point - was thinking quite the same.
Also i guess they reached more consumers already.
Just compared to other Early Access games and their stats/numbers.
AC have around 50000 buyers and it could be more.

 

[Requiem84]

Luca Sodano, staff member quoted these numbers a week or three ago when AC was on sale.

 

[Shuey]

Doesn't look that good to be honest. Bigger clouds are too transparent and look flat, and sky has that unrealistic purple-ish hue. There you go.

That sky is much better looking to me,and you can always adjust your hue settings Bart

 

[Joseph Maxx]

I find that the colour looks too cartoonish until I turn saturation down to about 40%. Then the lighting and coulours look much, much better.

 

[mclarenf1papa]

I find that the colour looks too cartoonish until I turn saturation down to about 40%. Then the lighting and coulours look much, much better.

40 seems a bit low.....I have it at ~87 and it looks good (although my TV isn't calibrated)

 

[RaceNut]

40 seems a bit low.....I have it at ~87 and it looks good (although my TV isn't calibrated)

I have mine at 85 but, it is obviously affected by the monitor, color profiles and settings as well. I like the colors to be fairly vibrant but, not saturated.

 

[Joseph Maxx]

As a graphics professional I'm looking at a fully calibrated monitor. I find anything over 40% on my setup starts to look too saturated and then it looks like I'm playing a game vs driving a sim.

But ultimately this comes down to personal preference so by no means are my settings the best - just what I like on my system. The point was, by playing around with the saturation settings you can get the sim to look much more like live video and a lot less like Looney Tunes.